Radeon R5 220 OEM vs HD 6850

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Primary Details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking585not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation0.53no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBartsCedar
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date21 October 2010 (13 years ago)21 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data
Current price$177 (1x MSRP)$135

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96080
Core clock speedno data650 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)127 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate37.205.200
Floating-point performance1,488.0 gflops104.0 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportAGPno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length198 mm168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

Memory typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1066 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/s8.528 GB/s

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support-no data

Supported Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1111.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkanno dataN/A
Mantle-no data

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 21 October 2010 21 December 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 127 Watt 19 Watt

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